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Forsyth, IL

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Overview


Forsyth is a very small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,639 people and just one neighborhood, Forsyth is the 415th largest community in Illinois.

Forsyth real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Forsyth house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Forsyth isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Forsyth are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Forsyth is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forsyth who work in management occupations (15.30%), healthcare (13.04%), and teaching (11.02%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Forsyth is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Forsyth a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Forsyth has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Forsyth’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Being a small village, Forsyth does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Forsyth, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Forsyth is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.62% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Forsyth in 2022 was $62,187, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $248,748 for a family of four. However, Forsyth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Forsyth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Forsyth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forsyth residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Forsyth include German, English, Irish, European, and Dutch.

The most common language spoken in Forsyth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

People

Astoundingly, NeighborhoodScout's research reveals that this single neighborhood has a higher concentration of married couples living here than 97.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Whether they have school-aged children or not, married couples are the rule in the neighborhood. If you are a married couple, you may find many people here with a similar lifestyle, and perhaps common interests. But if you are single, you might not find many other singles here.

In addition, the neighborhood is a great option for families, as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's research on this neighborhood. The combination of top public schools, low crime rates, and owner-occupied single family homes, make this neighborhood among the top 7.8% of family-friendly neighborhoods in the state of Illinois. Many other families also live here, making it easy to socialize and develop a sense of community. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools. In addition to being an excellent choice for families with school-aged children, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives and active retirees.

Diversity

Significantly, 3.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Langs. of India at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.5% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Forsyth are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 80.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 16.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 62.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 58.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 18.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (14.5%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Forsyth, IL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.9%), and some of the residents are also of Asian ancestry (4.4%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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